COLTON — Sarah Zamora will be sworn in as mayor by Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, at 6 tonight.

The ceremony in City Council chambers, located at 650 N. La Cadena Drive, will be followed by a reception. Zamora will then preside over the regular City Council meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m., according to the meeting’s agenda.

The City Council chose Zamora as mayor Aug. 2, after the previous mayor — her husband, David Zamora — died of an apparent heart attack in July.

The council selected her by a 5-1 vote, saying she shared the same vision and had the necessary experience based on her previous term on the City Council from 2000 to 2004.

Ryan Hagen covers the city of Riverside for the Southern California Newspaper Group. Since he began covering Inland Empire governments in 2010, he's written about a city entering bankruptcy and exiting bankruptcy; politicians being elected, recalled and arrested; crime; a terrorist attack; fires; ICE; fights to end homelessness; fights over the location of speed bumps; and people's best and worst moments. His greatest accomplishment is breaking a coffee addiction. His greatest regret is any moment without coffee.